A few days later.
The Qingshui Brigade is bustling with activity again.
During everyone's lunch break.
Lu Xiaomei went to find Lu Xiangze while crying all the way.
Look at her tears, flowing like water.
Many enthusiastic people were also willing to accompany them to take a look.
They were all very strange.
If it were in the past, that shrew Chen Ximei would have stood up and started cursing long ago.
Today is really strange.
After attracting some attention, Lu Xiaomei soon arrived at Lu Xiangze's house.
Now his doorway is no longer dilapidated and in a terrible state.
The wall has been repaired neatly and orderly.
We couldn't see what was happening inside at all.
Lu Xiaomei went up and knocked on the door.
They were banging and shouting at the same time.
Right now, those two people have just finished their shift and aren't home.
Lu Xiaomei could sense that the door was unlocked, but she didn't dare to go in.
They only dared to stand in front of the door and shout.
"Big brother! Big brother, help me!"
"Please save my mother, she hasn't come home for three days."
"No matter what she did, she's still our mother, please save her..."
"I'm kneeling down, please open the door..."
As Lu Xiaomei spoke, she actually knelt down in front of the door.
Unfortunately, there were stone steps in front of the door, and with that, there was a loud "bang".
Those around frowned upon hearing this.
That must hurt so much.
Lu Xiaomei's face scrunched up.
But she knew that if she was going to put on an act, she had to go all the way.
So he continued to cry and beg at the door.
Several older villagers felt very sorry for him.
They began to whisper among themselves.
"How can Xiang Ze be so cold-blooded? What a waste of the good name the elders gave him." This was said by an older person.
Back then, before Lu Xiangze's name was even chosen, several respected elders suddenly had the same dream.
The next day, they found him and gave him this name.
This can be considered a fulfillment of the dream.
Because of this, the older generation in the village actually valued Lu Xiangze very much.
Unfortunately, this child is becoming increasingly unruly lately.
Even if Chen Ximei did something wrong and has been throwing a tantrum for so long, that should be enough.
There are also a few young ones.
They started arguing in support of Lu Xiaomei.
They shouted Lu Xiangze's name loudly.
Ten minutes later.
Lu Xiaomei was still kneeling there, but she felt that her legs were numb.
My knees hurt terribly.
They didn't even have the strength to shout.
She kept crying.
I'm about to cry myself to sleep...
At this moment, Jia Yi, who had already handed over his shift, saw a large group of people at the door.
They were all stunned, unsure whether to inform Su Zhiqing.
He finally managed to squeeze to the doorway.
Then I saw a woman crying uncontrollably.
A sense of foreboding washed over him; could this person be Xiao Lu's romantic entanglement?
Before he could speak, Lu Xiaomei felt someone squeeze next to her and thought it was Lu Xiangze returning.
He raised his head, revealing an expression that most easily evokes sympathy.
But she overestimated her looks.
Her appearance was strikingly similar to that of her father, who had died young.
It's extremely rugged.
Her looking up startled Jia Yi.
"A ghost!"
Jia Yi's reaction completely enraged Lu Xiaomei.
At the same time, she also realized that the person in front of her was not her older brother.
I just felt like I'd wasted my time acting.
"You're the ghost!" Lu Xiaomei muttered under her breath.
Jia opened the door.
He dashed inside in an instant.
The scene in the courtyard also came into view.
The ground was covered in sawdust, and inside was a large, completed barrel.
The sharp-eyed villagers saw it.
I got interested and wanted to go in and take a look.
Jia Yi stopped him.
"Lu Xiangze isn't home. Please come back later."
"It's lunchtime now, and he's not home? You're kidding me!"
As she spoke, she tried to push away Jia Yi's hand that was blocking the door.
Jia Yicai didn't explain further.
He pushed the villager's hand away.
They simply closed the door.
One of them almost got his hand caught.
The commotion within the crowd grew even louder.
Completely unaware, Lu Xiangze, whom they were looking for, had already appeared outside the crowd.
Lu Xiangze looked at the people gathered in front of his house with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong?"
The man was holding an empty bowl.
He stared intently at the gate, speaking without turning his head.
"What else could it be? Xiang Ze is a real scoundrel. His mother has disappeared. His sister has been crying at his door for so long, but he still won't come out. He's heartless!"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangze's voice also grew louder.
"Ha, I didn't know that going to collect firewood was considered heartless?"
The man was startled, then chuckled.
"Xiang Ze, you're back."
Lu Xiangze carried a bundle of firewood he had collected and walked toward the door.
When Lu Xiaomei saw him, she rushed over and hugged his legs, crying and sobbing.
"Big brother, please help me find my mother..."
Lu Xiangze stopped in his tracks.
"Shut up. Don't wipe your snot on me."
Lu Xiaomei unconsciously let go of her hand and wiped it with the back of her hand.
The tears that had been building up stopped.
Lu Xiangze walked a few steps to the door.
Pile firewood at the doorway.
"Can't find her? She's been gone for days?"
"Three days," Lu Xiaomei answered honestly.
She simply had no food left at home, otherwise she wouldn't have bothered looking for help.
“It’s been three days. You’ve been living with her every day, and now you’re asking me where your mother is? How am I supposed to help you find her? It’s not like she’s been missing for just one day, it’s been three days.”
"You should just report it to the police. There's nothing I can do."
Lu Xiaomei's crying paused for a moment.
Lu Xiangze added, "Maybe she's gone back to her parents' house. Have you gone to look for her?"
"No...no."
The villagers started looking at Lu Xiaomei differently.
Everyone knows that Chen Ximei values her family.
After getting married, Chen Ximei liked to visit her parents' home every few days, bringing large and small bags with her each time.
I still can't break this habit.
There were times when she stayed at her parents' home for a few days.
It's perfectly normal; everyone has seen it a few times before.
Lu Xiaomei cried so hard this time that she forgot about this incident.
"Little sister, why don't you go to your grandma's house to look for her first? If you can't find her, then you can report it to the police. It's been three days already, and your brother can't do anything about it."
Seeing that the villagers suddenly changed their tune.
Lu Xiaomei could only nod in agreement.
Heading towards the Chen family's residence.
Lu Xiangze didn't look outside again and went straight in with the firewood.
The door was closed securely.
The others had no choice but to go home first.
As Lu Xiaomei walked, the more she thought about it, the colder her heart became.
Why didn't she ask Lu Xiangze to stay with her?
Now that she's all alone, she suddenly remembered that the family her mother wanted to marry her off to in exchange for a dowry was the one introduced by the Chen family.
When she finally arrived at the Chen family's house.
A disheveled man ran towards the Chen family's house, frantically banging on the door.
When she turned her head, sure enough, it was Chen Ximei.
Lu Xiaomei stopped in her tracks.
Chen Ximei was completely unaware.
She looked around and kept knocking on the door, but none of the Chen family members came out.
Lu Xiaomei has already seen it.
Those inside the window were clearly members of the Chen family watching the spectacle.
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